Skyfarer
An apprentice sorceress is dragged into a vicious quest across an endless sky in this Star Wars-inspired space fantasy The Axiom Diamond is a mythical relic, with the power to show its bearer any truth they desire. Men have sought for it across many continents for centuries, but in vain. When...
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An apprentice sorceress is dragged into a vicious quest across an endless sky in this Star Wars-inspired space fantasy The Axiom Diamond is a mythical relic, with the power to show its bearer any truth they desire. Men have sought for it across many continents for centuries, but in vain. When trainee sorceress Aimee de Laurent’s first ever portal-casting goes awry, she and her mentor are thrown into the race to find the gem, on the skyship Elysium. Opposing them are the infamous magic-wielding knights of the Eternal Order and their ruthless commander, Lord Azrael, who will destroy everything in their path...File Under: Science Fiction
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN:
9780857666765 (0857666762)
ASIN: 0857666762
Publish date: 2017-09-05
Publisher: Angry Robot
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Finally, I was able to mine a gem in Netgalley. Despite some minor issues, Skyfare didn’t disappoint from beginning to end. The story goes like this: An apprentice sorceress, Aimee de Laurent, just finished school and had a taste of what the real world is by becoming a portal mage for a spaceship na...
I've read a few interesting mergers of SF and Fantasy this year -- some that were just that, interesting, some that were good -- a couple that were more than good. Thankfully, Brassey's Skyfarer was in that latter camp. Even in those early chapters where I was still trying to figure out the world, r...